Farm Facts: Milk and Dairy

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Did you know that people crave cheese more than any other food? Here are some other farm facts about milk and other dairy products, cows and dairy farms:

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• Tennessee’s top agricultural products include dairy products.

• Farmers measure milk in pounds, not gallons.

• A cow will produce an average of 6.3 gallons of milk each day. That’s more than 2,300 gallons each year!

• U.S. dairy farms produce roughly 21 billion gallons of milk annually.

• The average American consumes almost 25 gallons of milk a year.

• June is official National Dairy Month.

• The greatest amount of milk produced in one year was 59,298 pounds by a Holstein cow named Robthom Sue Paddy.

• On a dairy farm, a farmer’s day begins and ends with milking the cows.

• Fresh milk will stay fresher longer if you add a pinch of salt to each quart.

• A cow is more valuable for its milk, cheese, butter and yogurt than for its beef.

• Home delivery of milk (i.e. the milkman) started in 1942 as a war conservation measure.

• More than 1,000 new dairy products are introduced each year.

• Mayfield Dairy headquarters are located in Athens, Tennessee, and Purity Dairies are headquartered in Nashville.

Sources:

mayfielddairy.com

dyersburgscene.com/tennessee_facts1.htm

dairyfarmingtoday.org/DairyFarmingToday/Learn-More/Facts-And-Figures

greenmeadowfarms.com/cooldairyfacts.htm

aipl.arsusda.gov/kc/dairy.html

oklahoma4h.okstate.edu/aitc/lessons/extras/facts/dairy.html

bellybytes.com/foodfacts/dairy_facts.html

brownsdairy.com/funfacts.asp

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  1. person says:

    Your website helped me on my state report on Tennessee! Thanks!

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